Kevin T. Lake

Attorney & Counselor at Law

Mr. Lake is a St. Louis, Missouri native and third-generation lawyer. He earned his B.A. in English from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1995 and his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1998.

After his freshman year at BYU, Mr. Lake served a two-year mission for his church in Finland and then returned to complete his degree. During undergraduate school, Mr. Lake spent a summer in Washington, D.C., interning for the Federal Judicial Center. 

Mr. Lake is licensed to practice law in the state courts of Missouri and Illinois and in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Mr. Lake has successfully briefed and argued multiple cases in the Missouri Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society (former chair of the St. Louis chapter).

Mr. Lake is a certified guardian ad litem and is appointed on cases involving child custody issues to investigate and make custody recommendations to the court. 

In addition to his law practice, from 2005-2010, Mr. Lake taught courses in business law, employment law, and negotiations at the University of Phoenix – St. Louis Campus as an adjunct professor.

Mr. Lake and his wife are the proud parents of three adopted children some of which have special needs. This experience has led to Mr. Lake's great affinity for adoption law and compassion for families with special needs children. As such, Mr. Lake presently serves on the Board of Directors for the Judevine Center for Autism.